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Expert Opinion – Edition 8 Time to Sharpen our focus on Skills

February 8, 2024

For National Apprenticeship Week 2024, Mark Naysmith — President and CEO for Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa at WSP (Patron and Double Gold Member) offers his perspective on…

Learning & development and employee wellbeing – members of The 5% Club ‘best in class’

April 11, 2023

Expert Opinion, Media Releases, Our Latest Thinking

Employers investing in long-term learning & development programmes see immediate improvements to staff wellbeing, according to new report L&D’s-role-in-employee-wellbeing-2023 The Open University and The 5% Club have released a new…

Transparency and understanding will help the Apprenticeship Levy debate and its potential reform

February 23, 2023

Expert Opinion, Media Releases, Our Latest Thinking

The Apprenticeship Levy is an area of live debate within the Skills sector, with fact and fiction often coming together to create polarised positions. In this short article, Mark Cameron, CEO…

Reflections on Kickstart – An Expert Opinion from The 5% Club

March 30, 2022

Expert Opinion, Media Releases, Our Latest Thinking

The 5% Club publishes the latest in its series of Expert Opinions – this time on the Kickstart scheme which closed to new starts on 31 March 2022. The Kickstart…

The 5% Club provides a submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review

October 3, 2021

Expert Opinion, Media Releases

The 5% Club have provided a submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review, which asks for the following to complement the points in our Manifesto for Skills Dear Chancellor, Submission to…

Non-grads are not second-class citizens

August 10, 2021

Expert Opinion

49% of top employers prefer graduate job applicants. On A’ Level results day, it’s about time we stopped telling non-grads that they’re only fit for second-class jobs. I’m a…

Virtual Work Experience: a lifeline for career-starters

July 10, 2020

Expert Opinion

As The 5% Club outlined recently in its paper We can’t let our young people bear the economic brunt of COVID-19, one of the most severe long lasting impacts of…

Fit for the future: using earn and learn to future proof business

July 3, 2020

Expert Opinion

“Earn and learn” is the term for a group of routes into and within employment which combine study with practical experience, enabling individuals to gain the knowledge and skills required…

Getting apprentices to the finishing line

February 20, 2020

Expert Opinion

The 5% Club is hugely supportive of apprenticeships. Our members know that they are an important way of bringing much-needed new talent and fresh perspectives into a business, and of…

Small business and the Apprenticeship Levy: 5 steps to success (that won’t cost a penny)

November 21, 2019

Expert Opinion

One of The 5% Club’s aims is to support and spread best practice amongst its members and other employers. In this series, we aim to publicise good examples and challenge…

Expert Opinion

Expert Opinion – Edition 8 Time to Sharpen our focus on Skills

Learning & development and employee wellbeing – members of The 5% Club ‘best in class’

Transparency and understanding will help the Apprenticeship Levy debate and its potential reform

Reflections on Kickstart – An Expert Opinion from The 5% Club

The 5% Club provides a submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review

Non-grads are not second-class citizens

Virtual Work Experience: a lifeline for career-starters

Fit for the future: using earn and learn to future proof business

Getting apprentices to the finishing line

Small business and the Apprenticeship Levy: 5 steps to success (that won’t cost a penny)

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